Jackpot! "Casino Royale" Has A Tomatometer!

With "Casino Royale" opening next week, the movie now has its first salvo of reviews and its own Official Tomatometer. What do the critics have to say? At 100%, they’re all stirred and shaken.

There has been no shortage of controversy to the new James Bond flick, from the color of Daniel Craig‘s hair, to the absence of fan favorite characters like Q and Miss Moneypenny, to how Craig got his teeth knocked out during choreographed stunt fights. But did any of this matter to the first Tomatometer critics who reviewed the 21st James Bond flick?

Naturally, the first few reviews come from Bond’s native country, where the first sneak screening got the blogosphere in a tizzy. BBC‘s Paul Arendt praises the tough action sequences and Craig’s tough portrayal of Bond:

And with Variety‘s review, the one to push "Casino Royale" over the top and give it its 100% Tomatometer, Todd McCarthy sums it up what the filmmakers were going for when the movie was first announced: